Hegseth: Guantanamo Bay prisoners ‘should have been executed’

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated on June 10, 2026, that prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay for their involvement in the September 11, 2001 attacks should have been executed. Hegseth asserted these individuals committed crimes against the American people, implying a call for capital punishment for those detained.

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the prisoners of the US at Guantanamo Bay ‘should have been executed’.

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